Preview @ GameRifts

GameRifts continues their hands on look into the World of Warcraft with the second part of their hands-on preview from within closed beta. In this installment they look at Gameplay, Character Creation, the first steps within the world, and adventuring. Here is a snippet:

The starting locations do a wonderful job of translating the look and feel of Warcraft III into a game world for the player to explore. Each area just feels right. Blizzard's artists and sound people have really created a world worthy of housing the fiction the company has built up with this franchise.